Showing grants tagged "Global Catastrophic Risks"

We’re open to supporting safe bets, like direct cash transfers to the world’s poorest people, as well as high-risk, high-reward projects, like minimizing risks from potentially world-changing science and technology. Read more about how we choose what to fund here.

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  1. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Masters and PhD Program Support

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $1,860,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  2. Future of Humanity Institute — New DPhil Positions

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $939,263
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  3. Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2020)

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $6,243,750
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  4. GHSS — General Support (February 2020)

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $1,200,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  5. Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — General Support

    Award Date:
    01/2020
    Amount:
    $150,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  6. RAND Corporation — Research on the State of AI Assurance Methods

    Award Date:
    01/2020
    Amount:
    $30,751
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  7. Press Shop — Support for Human Compatible

    Award Date:
    01/2020
    Amount:
    $17,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  8. Ought — General Support (2020)

    Award Date:
    01/2020
    Amount:
    $1,333,333
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  9. Centre for Effective Altruism — Support for The Precipice

    Award Date:
    01/2020
    Amount:
    $38,350
    Effective Altruism

  10. UC Berkeley — AI Safety Research (2019)

    Award Date:
    12/2019
    Amount:
    $1,111,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI